The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-11-11
The Pleasures 81 Lie

N"'J NV" NhC WY w tue real peas
ures of lite. The door of these
pleasures are wide open, the patl
leading thither is clear, but from
lnattentiOn or too early getting IN.
TO the wrong path it is missed and
never found in life. The result is
u large number of discontinued,
grumbling and unhappy people, to
whom life does not bring much,
and who make il diSaSreenhle, SD
tar as they can, to all around them.
They abound everywhere. There Is
probably as much discomfort among
the rich-as much useless tfetting
and wondering what to dO-as
there is misery among the poor.
Poverty, disease aud death are not
the worst Affections of the race,
but ldleneSs, mlsdirected energy
aud ignorance of where to go and
what to do, and these are all our
own fault. In Snch u world as this,
man may be very happy if he will
only take the right road. But the
path leading to the real pleasures
ct life needs to be continually
pointed ont. 1t is old and time
worn, but people seem to have end
less difficulty in finding it. To be-
gin with, it may be SAID that there
is no lasting pleasure possible apart
from the acceptance OF responsible.
ity and discharge of duty. No
amount OF wealth can Obviate this
law. The men who make
large fortunes are happier than
those who spend them, and the
man who works too much than he
who works too little. Mankind has
80 many serious problems to work
out and so many victories to win
that no II eau be happy who Is
not taking part in the toll and
OF the race. To ind ones
luly appointed work and be doing
t is truly therefore a Blessed thing,
quickly becoming itself a pleasure
md II foundation for the future
pleasures of rest and recreation.
'or is there any varied range of
possible except through
cultivation and dicipline of the i
lind. The highest pleasures are
OF sensual, but mental, social and
lOral. The things the body can T
at, drink and wear are few, but
lere is no limit to the rich and 2
stores which feed the mind.
he whole history of the human =
the vast fields of literature,
lclent and modern, with its poetry,
'tlon and dramas, the wide do :.
AIN of science, with its beautiful II
DRY, beginning at the dawn of
cation aud continuing down to
Ie present mOment-Over Snch
elds the cultivated mind may W
am, finding exquisite pleasure
'erywhere. CompauiOnship of 50
Q nOblest minds of the world, dis.
sSlOns OF the greatest problems,
terest in all important questions III
the time, daily observation of 10
and human kind, apprecia. IL
of art and music arc ali posi-
. to the MUD that has fitted it. "
II for such things. 1t il evident
at an infinitely varied happiness VI
to he found in these directions. "
o pursuit OF wealth is narrow
impaired with such resources, and
richest man is poor compared j
lh one whose mind has been so -
lckened and disciplined that it
I 90 anywhere aud fluid pleasure
every useful and beautiful thing.
A further secret of happiness
III right of action. This is so old ST
story that it has grown weari. 4
ne, aud being repeated so often ~
ms 10 have no Importance. Each
leratl0n takes tho wrong path in
of Bible, the churches aud all j
experience of the past. Aud -
The impOssibility of finding any H
ing pleasure in wrong doug has
De demonstrated over and over
IN, at frightful cost. After all, '
'ng Is not more a matter of di. 2~,
e enactment than what the ex. ~
fence of the race has proved to ~
disastrous; and equally right, JeV
is only what the same exDe. E.
ice has found to be the safest ~ J
happiest course. When Solo. frII,
J says wisdom's ways are WAYS Al
le~asantness, lie is only quoting =
experience of mankind. I'll
e were no divine laws we should
obliged to make human laws of
lily the same kind. When we Ys
old, therefore, to do right we ~
only told to do what in the eud ssS
please ourselves most. The "a
/ OF our miseries come because IS
ill not believe this, but are con.
ally thinking that we can 90 q
own way and 6nd pleasure in ~
I has always proved disastrous.
D a few exceptions, coming rs
accident or misfortune we Rh
say with E~pictetus, eft a man Doc
lhappy this must be his own T..
I, for God made all men 10 be
W. The same truth has been
BIT by every religion, mOralist,
and preacher from the DE
Dning of time. If any one will Putt
the work that nature meant
and made him to do, if be will Cor,
try to give his mind a little -AP
grasp and breadth, by max =
himself familiar with s'the best
has been said aud done in the
IL he will overcome the
IN his own breast and develop ~